23Then Ehud went out to the porch ; he shut the doors of the upper room behind him and locked them.


In Context

20 Ehud then approached him while he was sitting alone in the upper room of his summer palace and said, "I have a message from God for you." As the king rose from his seat,

21 Ehud reached with his left hand, drew the sword from his right thigh and plunged it into the king's belly.

22 Even the handle sank in after the blade, which came out his back. Ehud did not pull the sword out, and the fat closed in over it.

23 Then Ehud went out to the porch ; he shut the doors of the upper room behind him and locked them.

24 After he had gone, the servants came and found the doors of the upper room locked. They said, "He must be relieving himself in the inner room of the house."

25 They waited to the point of embarrassment, but when he did not open the doors of the room, they took a key and unlocked them. There they saw their Lord fallen to the floor, dead.

Judges 3:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:23Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:23But Aod carefully shutting the doors of the parlour and locking them,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:23Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room upon him, and locked them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:23Then Ehud went out into the vestibule, and closed the doors of the roof chamber upon him, and locked them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:23Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:23Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlor upon him, and locked them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:23Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room on him, and locked them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:23And Ehud goeth out at the porch, and shutteth the doors of the upper chamber upon him, and hath bolted it;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:23Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlor on him, and locked them.